New Feature in Java 7

Due to recent confusion regarding postfix operators, an explicit operator cast will be required in Java 7 to force traditional postfix behavior. In the absence of such a cast, the postfix operator will default to prefix operator behavior.

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Obviously, this will break a lot of existing code, but the benefits are obvious.

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